Concussion Articles

Introducing South Africa’s Groundbreaking Schools Concussion Programme

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on March 8, 2024 in Concussion Articles

Your Brain Health proudly announces its sponsorship and support for launching an innovative initiative to transform student-athlete safety in South Africa. The Schools Concussion Programme, a collaborative effort between renowned Sports Medicine expert Professor Jon Patricios and cutting-edge technology NeuroFlex, is poised to redefine how schools safeguard their students’ health, drawing inspiration from professional athlete medical protocols.

Concussion: what it is and how sports science is making rugby safer

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on September 18, 2023 in Concussion Articles

Two decades ago there were only two criteria used to diagnose concussion. Jon Patricios, a sport and exercise medicine physician and co-lead author of the latest international consensus statement on concussion in sport, discusses the science of head injuries and some of the protocols adopted by World Rugby to make the game safer.

Concussion Headliners: Behind the Scenes with the Experts, Hosted by Steve Broglio

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on September 18, 2023 in Concussion Articles

Episode 17: Jon Patricios, Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine. We’re heading overseas this time with Jon Patricios, Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine. A third-generation South African from Johannesburg, Jon talks about his commitment to excel as a leader.

SA sports doctors lead the world in preventing, treating concussion

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on September 11, 2023 in Concussion Articles, Concussion Prevention Techniques

SA has played a leading role in developing new world guidelines onhow to prevent and reduce the risk of concussion in sport. By Claire Keeton, Senior features writer at TIMES LIVE.

THE TRUTH ABOUT CONCUSSION

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on September 11, 2023 in Concussion Articles

“Even after a doctor’s consultation, the person should not be left alone, even if they are cleared to go home, as anyone who has suspected concussion must be monitored for any change in their condition,” warns Patricios, who is the founder and a director of Sports Concussion South Africa.

Undiagnosed concussion can have dangerous consequences

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on September 4, 2023 in Concussion Articles

Continuing to play sport with an undiagnosed concussion can have dangerous or potentially even fatal consequences, warns Professor Jon Patricios. director of Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery based at Netcare Waterfall City Hospital. Copyright Novus Group (Pty) Ltd.

International expert panel revises concussion protocols to mitigate against harmful consequences

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on June 21, 2023 in Concussion Articles

Concussion and its harmful impact are on the frontline battle of the sports medical field as more and more athletes suffer the effects of brain trauma later in life.

Sports Concussion South Africa collaborates with the University of Calgary in International Concussion Course

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on March 4, 2020 in Concussion Articles

Take a free, non-credit online course on concussion with UCalgary and Université Laval. The seven-week course is open to those who are interested in preventing, detecting and managing concussions.

How head injuries finished the rugby career of Cillian Willis

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on April 1, 2019 in Concussion Articles

he professional rugby career of Cillian Willis ended on March 10th, 2013. Not from the third head blow he suffered playing for Sale Sharks against Saracens. No, Willis was allowed continue until the fourth and final knockout.

CTE: Is The Media Scaring Young Athletes To Death?

Written by Dr Jon Patricios on August 16, 2017 in Concussion Articles

As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them – wrongly – to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports-related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased risk of committing suicide.

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Introducing South Africa’s Groundbreaking Schools Concussion Programme

Your Brain Health proudly announces its sponsorship and support for launching an innovative initiative to transform student-athlete safety in South Africa. The Schools Concussion Programme, a collaborative effort between renowned Sports Medicine expert Professor Jon Patricios and cutting-edge technology NeuroFlex, is poised to redefine how schools safeguard their students’ health, drawing inspiration from professional athlete medical protocols.

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Sports Concussion South Africa collaborates with the University of Calgary in International Concussion Course

Take a free, non-credit online course on concussion with UCalgary and Université Laval. The seven-week course is open to those who are interested in preventing, detecting and managing concussions.

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Sport en Harsingskudding

Neem jou kind aan kontaksport deel, is harsingskudding maar altyd in ’n mens se agterkop. Maar latere probleme kan voorkom word. Rooi Rose Magazine, June 2014, Page 84.

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Concussion in schoolboy rugby not all one big headache

Figures from SA Rugby indicate that 12-15 percent of boys playing rugby in any given season will be concussed and that there is a 50 percent chance of a player receiving a blow to the head, resulting in concussion, at some time in his school rugby career.

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Concussion associated with depression

A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting by Kevin Guskiewicz and others and about to be published in Med Sci Sports Exerc claims that the risk of depression later in life is three times higher in those American football players who have suffered three or more concussive episodes in their career..

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